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Before the Dodgers’ historic 16-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night, Manager Don Mattingly explained what he saw as the biggest change during the team’s season-best six-game win streak. Finally, the manager said, each of his players has been able to fit into his intended role, with the return of Matt Kemp, Hanley Ramirez and A.J. Ellis. Having said that, using Skip Schumaker as a pitcher probably wasn’t what Mattingly had in mind. But with Peter Moylan, Matt Guerrier and Brandon League already used up — throwing a combined 94 pitchers (with minimal success) — Mattingly called on the utility player, who ultimately became the only Dodgers...

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Before the Dodgers’ historic 16-1 loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night, Manager Don Mattingly explained what he saw as the biggest change during the team’s season-best six-game win streak. Finally, the manager said, each of his players has...

The Dodgers could not have ended their season-best six-game winning streak any more spectacularly. Their 16-1 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday night marked their most one-sided home loss ever in Los Angeles.
That's right: ever.
The last...

On and on they go, and where they stop, nobody … wait, this has to stop?
Inevitably, though, not on Saturday night in Philadelphia, not with Clayton Kershaw again looking like baseball’s best pitcher.
This is no “Amateur Hour” the Dodgers have going,...